Stakeholder Comment Form
AESO AUTHORITATIVE DOCUMENT PROCESS
Amendments to Certain ISO Rules Section G1 Definitions
NOTE: The AESO is asking market participants to give an initial indication of their support for, or opposition to, the specific ISO rule
changes referenced below. Such an initial indication assists in the AESO’s practical understanding of the receptivity of the industry to the
proposed changes, and in that regard the AESO thanks in advance all market participants who choose to respond. With regard to the
specific ISO rule changes and their implications, such responses are without prejudice to the rights of market participants under the Act,
any regulations, or related decisions of the Commission.
Date of Request for Comment [yyyy/mm/dd]:
Period of Consultation [yyyy/mm/dd]:
2010-01-28
2010-01-28
through 2010-02-19
Comments From:
Date [yyyy/mm/dd]:
Contact:
Phone:
E-mail:
G1 Definitions to ISO Rules
"commissioning" means the process of carrying out, after energization but before commercial operation,
activities designed to test electrical equipment or an electrical facility to confirm that it can satisfactorily enter
commercial operation and, where applicable, meets the ISO's requirements and other relevant standards.
� Support
� Oppose
� No Comment
Reason for Stakeholder Positions:
Alternate Proposal:
"electric distribution system" as defined in the Act means the plant, works, equipment, systems and
services necessary to distribute electricity in a service area, but does not include a generating unit or a
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� Support
� Oppose
� No Comment
transmission facility.
Reason for Stakeholder Positions:
Alternate Proposal:
"interchange transaction" means an energy or ancillary services transaction that crosses one or more
balancing authority area boundaries.
� Support
� Oppose
� No Comment
Reason for Stakeholder Positions:
Alternate Proposal:
"ISO tariff" as defined in the Act means the tariff prepared by the ISO under section 30 of the Act that has
been approved by the Commission.
� Support
� Oppose
� No Comment
Reason for Stakeholder Positions:
Alternate Proposal:
"Market Surveillance Administrator" as defined in the Act means the corporation continued by section 32 of
the Alberta Utilities Commission Act.
� Support
� Oppose
� No Comment
Reason for Stakeholder Positions:
Alternate Proposal:
"material adverse change" means a downgrade in the credit rating of a market participant by any credit
rating agency, or an event that may result in the materially weaker creditworthiness of a market participant as
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� Support
� Oppose
� No Comment
reasonably determined by the ISO.
Reason for Stakeholder Positions:
Alternate Proposal:
"metered demand" means the rate at which electric energy is delivered to a point of delivery or from a point
of supply, in MW, measured by the relevant metering equipment and averaged over a 15-minute or other
interval as deemed necessary by the ISO.
� Support
� Oppose
� No Comment
Reason for Stakeholder Positions:
Alternate Proposal:
"metered energy" means the quantity of electric energy transferred to a point of delivery or from a point of
supply, in MWh, reflected by the relevant metering equipment during a particular period of time.
� Support
� Oppose
� No Comment
Reason for Stakeholder Positions:
Alternate Proposal:
"metering equipment" as defined in the AESO Measurement System Standard means all measurement
transformers, meters, recorders, remote communication equipment and associated wiring required for the
measurement and, if applicable, remote storage of the active energy and reactive energy interval data for a
single metering point.
Reason for Stakeholder Positions:
� Support
� Oppose
� No Comment
Alternate Proposal:
� Support
� Oppose
� No Comment
"outage" means any full or partial unavailability of equipment.
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Reason for Stakeholder Positions:
Alternate Proposal:
"point of delivery" means the point at which electricity is transferred from transmission facilities to facilities
owned by a market participant receiving system access service under the ISO tariff, including an electric
distribution system.
� Support
� Oppose
� No Comment
Reason for Stakeholder Positions:
Alternate Proposal:
"point of interconnection" means the point at which electricity is transferred between the interconnected
electric system and a neighbouring jurisdiction and where the electricity so transferred is measured.
� Support
� Oppose
� No Comment
Reason for Stakeholder Positions:
Alternate Proposal:
"point of supply" means the point at which electricity is transferred to transmission facilities from facilities
owned by a market participant receiving system access service under the ISO tariff, including a
generating unit or an electric distribution system.
� Support
� Oppose
� No Comment
Reason for Stakeholder Positions:
Alternate Proposal:
"power factor" means the ratio of real power to apparent power.
Reason for Stakeholder Positions:
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� Support
� Oppose
� No Comment
Alternate Proposal:
"reactive power" means the portion of electricity that establishes and sustains the electric and magnetic
fields of alternating current equipment.
� Support
� Oppose
� No Comment
Reason for Stakeholder Positions:
Alternate Proposal:
"real power" means the rate of producing, transferring or using electricity.
� Support
� Oppose
� No Comment
Reason for Stakeholder Positions:
Alternate Proposal:
"settlement period" means the period starting on the first day of each calendar month at 00:00 hours and
ending on the last day of the same calendar month at 24:00 hours.
� Support
� Oppose
� No Comment
Reason for Stakeholder Positions:
Alternate Proposal:
"transmission facility" as defined in the Act means an arrangement of conductors and transformation
equipment that transmits electricity from the high voltage terminal of the generation transformer to the low
voltage terminal of the step down transformer operating phase to phase at a nominal high voltage level of
more than 25 000 volts to a nominal low voltage level of 25000 volts or less, and includes
(i) transmission lines energized in excess of 25000 volts,
(ii) insulating and supporting structures,
(iii) substations, transformers and switchgear,
(iv) operational, telecommunication and control devices,
(v) all property of any kind used for the purpose of, or in connection with, the operation of the transmission
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� Support
� Oppose
� No Comment
facility, including all equipment in a substation used to transmit electric energy from (A) the low voltage
terminal, to (B) electric distribution system lines that exit the substation and are energized at 25 000 volts or
less, and
(vi) connections with electric systems in jurisdictions bordering Alberta,
but does not include a generating unit or an electric distribution system.
Reason for Stakeholder Positions:
Alternate Proposal:
Please return this form with your comments by February 19, 2010, to:
Ghaz Marinho
Regulatory Services
E-mail: ghaz.marinho@aeso.ca
Phone: (403) 539-2474
Fax: (403) 539-2949
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